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VOL.1. 
1 Ira 
t Futo 

S Th* l*iy •! hjvnt 
4 Rl«h«ll*a 
» Tb* Wlf* 

• Tb* HoD«7nioon 

I Tb* Sebo«l /or SMudid 

• Hon*/ 

VOL. IL 
t Th* 8(raDg«r 

10 Qr»Dd/»tb«r Whtt«h«ad 

11 RIebkrd III 

It LoTc'i S»oriflo» 
It Th« OuQ«it«r 

14 ▲ Cur* for tb« H«»rtMb 
II Tb« Hu&cbback 

U Don Caur d* Buan 

VOL. IIL 
IT Th* Poor Oantloman 
II HunUt 
19 Ch»rl«i II 

50 V«nlc« PrMtfTod 
II Plurro 

15 Til* Lot* CbaM 

13 OtbtUo 

14 Und m* FIt* ShilUnc* 

VOL. IV. 
It Vlrginlut 
It King of th* Common* 

17 London Atiuranc* 
II Tb* R*nt Dkjr 

II Two G*ntl*ni*n of V*rona 
lOTh* J*aloa»Wlf* 

51 Th* RlTftlt 
•I P*rf*«tlon 

VOL. V. tD*bU 
St A Now W»y to Pay Old 
S4 Look B*for* Tou L*ap 
S» KloK John 

14 N*rToui M*n 

ST D»moD and PvtblM 

18 Claud*itlD* Marriaf* 
tl William T*ll 

40 Day afl*r lb* Wadding 

VOL. VL 

41 3p«»d tb* Plough 
4t Romeo and Juflat 
4t Feudal Tlm*i 

44 CharUt tb* Twolfth 
41 Th* Drid* 
4ITh*rolll*)OfaNIght 

47 Iron Cb**t TFalr Lady 
41 Faint H*art N*T*r Won 

VOL. VIL 
41 Road to Rain 
iO Macb«th 

II Temptr 
It Eradn* 

15 Bertram 

14 Tb* Da*nn» 

II Mueh Ado AbMt Nothing 

II Th* Critic 

VOL. VIIL 
IT Tb* ApotUt* 
II Tw*1fth Night 

19 Briitu* 
•0 Simpion k Co 
II Merobaiit of V«nle* 
<* <)ldH*adiArouDgH«arti 

48 MounUln**ri [riag« 
UThf** W**ki after Mar- 

VOL. DC. 
•I Lot* 

•I A» Tou Llk* It 
IT Tb* Eld*r Brothnr 
M W*rn*r 
•I Oliippui 
TO Town and Covntff 
Tl King Lear 
Tl Bla* D*TlU 

VOL. X. 
Tt Honry VIII 
T4 MarrUd and Bingl* 
Tl H.nrr IV 
Tl Paul Pry 
TT 0«y Mann*r(Bf 
Tl lw*«th*arU and WItoi 
Tl B«rloai Family 
•0 Sh* fto^p* t* Ooa^nar 



VOL. XI. 
•1 Jullui C«9tar 
69 Vicar of Wak*fi*ld 
83 L*ap Year 

14 Tb* Catipaw 

15 Tb* Paitlng Clond 
88 Drunkard 

87 Rob Roy 

88 tioorge Barnwoll 

VOL. Xll. 
81 Ingomar 

90 Sketch** In India 

91 Two Friend* 
K Jane Sbor* 

93 Cortlcan Brothor* 

94 Miud your own Builn*ia 
93 Writing on th* Wall 

II U*lr at Law 

VOL. xin. 
IT SoldUr'* Daugbt«r 
9^ Douglai 
99 Mftrco Spada 
lUO ^atur•'• Noblemaa 
101 Sardanapalu* 
lO'J Clvlllimtion 

103 Tb* Robb*r* 

104 Katbarin* and Potniohlo 

VOL. XIV. 
I0SGam*ef Lov* 

106 Midiumm*r Night'* 

107 Ern*itln* [Dream 
1U8 Rag Plck*r of Pari* 

109 Flying Dutchman 

110 Hypocrlt* 

III Tb*r*i* 

II La Tour d* N*il* 

VOL. XV. 
113 Ir*laDd At It It 
114S*aof Ic* 
HI S*T*n Cl*rk* 

116 Gam* of Ltf* 

117 Forty Thieve* 
18 Bryan Borolbm* 

119 Romanc* and R*aUty 

190 UgoUno 
V^L. XVL 

191 The T*mp*»l 
199 The Pilot 

1)3 CArp*nter of Rooan 
\H KlDK't Rival 
195 Llttl* Trantur* 

111 Dombay and Sen 

19' Paranti and Guardian* 

118 J*w*ii 
VOL. XVII. 

119 Camlll* 

130 Marrl*d LIf* 

111 W*nlock of W*nlock 

139Ro<*of Etlrlckval* 

183 David Copp*rfleld 

184 Aline, or the Ro»* of 
IS&Paulin* [KlUarney 
181 Jan* £yr* 

VOL. xvin. 

187 Nleht and Morning 

188 iKthlop 
1S9 Tbre* Guardsman 

140 Tom Crlngl* 

141 H*nrl*tt*, th* Foraakon 
149 EuiUob* Baudin 

US Em*«t Maltr»v*r* 
144 Bold Dragoon* 

VOL. XIX. 
141 Dr*d, or tb* DUmal 

[Swamp 
141 Lait Day* of PompoU 

147 E<m*raldft 

148 P*Ur WiUIn* 

149 B*a the Boatiwala 
1»0 Jonathan Bradford 

III Retribution 
111 Minerali 

VOL. XX. 
Ill French Spy 
154 W*pt of Wlih-ton WUh 
lit Evil Genius 
111 Ben Bolt 
117 Sailor of Fraac* 
111 R*d Ma>k 
111 Lif* of an Aatr*** 
110 Wedding Day 



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VOL. XXI. 
Ill AU'i Fair In Lots 
169 Hof*r 

188 S*lf 
114 Clnd*r*Ua 
165 Phantom 
111 Franklin 
167 Tb* Gunmakar'of 
118 Th* Lov* of a Prino* 

VOL. XXH. 

169 Son of tb* Night 

170 Rory O'More 

171 Ooldon Eagl* 
179 Ri*nil 
178 Brok*n Sword 

174 Rip Van Wlnkl* 

175 Iiaballa 
171 Heart of Mid Lothian 

VOL. XXIIL 
ITT Actrau of Padua 

178 Floating Beacon 

179 Bride of Lammermoor 
18<J Cataract of the Ganga* 
181 Robber of the Rhin* 

189 School of Reform 
183 Wandering Boy* 
1»4 Maxeppa 

VOL. XXIV. 
186 Young New York 

186 The Victim* 

187 Romance after Marriage 
1(18 Brigand 
189 Poor of New York 



190 Ambroie Gwinctt 

191 Raymond and Agn** 
199 Gambler'* Fat* 

VOL. XXV. 
198 Father and Son 

194 Maiianiello 
196 Sixteen String Jaok 

196 Youthful Queen 

197 Skeleton Witneii 

198 Innkeeper of Abbevlll* 
1»9 Miller and hU Men 
300 Aladdin 

VOL. XXVI. 
901 Adrienne the Actrau 

909 Undln* 
^u3 Jeiie Brown 

904 Aimodeu* 

905 Mormon* 

9U6 Blanch* of Brandywlne 
VU7 Viola 
908 Deterat D*i*rt«d 

VOL. XXVII. 
S09 Am*rlcani In Pari* 

910 Viotorln* 
211 Wliard of tha WaT* 
919 Cattle Spectre 
918 Horie-ihoe Roblnton 
9K Armand, Mri. Mo watt 
21 Fatblon, Mrt. Mowatt 
916 Glance at New York 

VOL. XXVIIL 
117 Inconttant 
il« Uncle Tom't Cabin 
119 Guide to tha Stage 

990 VeUran 

991 Miller of New Jer**y 
999 Dark Hour b«for* Dawn 
99S Midium'rNlght'iDr*am 

[Laura Keen*'* Edition 
114 Art and Artifice 
VOL. XXIX. 

195 Poor Young Man 
111 Ottawattomia Brown 
127 Pope of Roma 
198 Oliver TwUt 
i'ii Pauvretta 
ISO Man In tha Iron Maik 
981 Knight of Arva 
139 Moll Pitcher 

VOL. XXX. 
938 Black Eyed Suian 
9S4 Satan in Parit 
935 Rotina Meadow* [*ti 
98< W*tt End, or Irith H*ir 
917 Six D*gr**t of Crim* 

938 Tb* Lady and th* Devil 818 Eveleen Wilton 
129 Avenger, or MoorofSIci- 311 iTanbo* ^, , ^ 
940 Ma*kt and Facet [ly 1 890 Jonathan la Inglaad 



TOL. XXXI. 
941 Marry Vf Ive* otWaxtn 
149 Mary't Birthday 

943 Shandy MhbIt* 

944 Wild Oata 

945 Michael Erl* 

246 Idiot Wltn*** 

247 Willow Cop** 

948 P*opl*'* Lavry*r 
VOL. XXXIL 

949 Th* Boy Martyr* 

950 Lucr*tla Borgia 
961 Surg*on of Pari* 
569 Patrlcian't Daught** 
953 Sho*mak*r of Toulout* 
964 Momentoui Quettion 
956 Love and Loyalty 

151 Robber'* Wife 

VOL. XXXIIL 
257 Dumb Girl of Genoa 
2.^8 Wreck Aihor* 
959 Clarl 

260 Rural F*lloltT 

261 Wallace 
219 Madelain* 

963 The Fireman 

964 Gritt to tb* Mill 

VOL. XXXIV. 

965 Two Lovet and a LIf* 
266 Annie Blak* 

967 St*ward 

268 Captain Kyd 

269 Nick of the Wood* 

970 Marble Heart 

971 Second Lov* 

972 Dream at Sea 
VOL. XXXV. 

973 Breach of Promit* 

974 Review 
276 Lftdy of th* Lak* 
276 Still Water Runt De«p 
977 The Scholar 
278 Helping Hand* 
979 Fault and Marguerit* 
9>tO Latt Mnn 

VOL. XXXVL 
981 B*ll*'! Stratagem 

989 Old and Young 

983 Raff«*lla 

984 Ruth Oakl*y 
965 British Sir v* 
2!>6 A Lifa'i Kaniom 

Giralda 
283 Tim* Triei All 

VOL. XXXVIL 
981 Ella Rotenburg 

990 Warlock of the Q1*B 

991 Zelina 
999 Beatrice 

293 Neighbor Ja«kwood 

294 Wonder 

295 Robert Emmet 
996 Green Buibe* 

VOL. xxxvm. 

297 Flow*ri of tb* For**t 
998 A Bacb*lor of Arts 
299 Th* Mldnleht Banquet 
800 Hatband of m Hour 

301 Love's Labor Lost 

302 Naiad Queen 

303 Caprice 

304 Cradle of Liberty 
VOL. XXXIX. 

805 The Lost Ship 

806 Country Scuira 

807 Fraud and Itt Victim* 

808 Putnam 

809 King and Dei«rt«r 

810 La f Jtmmina 
311 A Hard Struggle 

811 Gwinnette Vaughan 
VOL. XL. 

SIS The Love Knot [Judge 

814 LavaUr, or Not a Bad 

315 The Noble Heart 

314 Coriolanut 

317 The Wint*r'* Tal* 



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FOUR 
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BY 



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Copyright, 1910, by Samuel French 



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UNEXPECTED GUESTS. 

Now, Eleanor, if you can't keep out of the way 

you run right upstairs and play. I can't have you 
hanging to my skirts while I'm getting luncheon. 

Well, Kate's washing, you know. ... No, of course* 
you cant go where Katie is. She's cross enough 
now, goodness knows ! Here she comes ! Now you 
run right out of the kitchen. ' ^ 

Tve just come out (apologetically) to make a 
cup of tea, Katie. I'll have some bread and butter 
and tea for luncheon, and Eleanore can have bread 
and milk. ... No bread! Why, Katie' Oh 

yes, of course! 1 forgot that we had a chafing-dish 

upper last night. . Yes, you're quite right; it 
takes a great deal of bread to make toast. Of course 
you couldn't be expected to foresee emergencies like 

A.d'T'l f^'"''^^^'^.-^ ^^' ^^"^ ^^'^1 e^t crackers. 
And 1 II get some jam. 

i'levereb-) Eleanore, what are you doing? Come 
rfnl Z\"^ *' P/"*'y- "^^y-' Eleanore'Pelhamt 
AUoverK-r^,'^"""', P^ti^^at? Molasses? 
All over Ivatie s clean shelves! You naughty girP 
Apologehcany^) Never mind, Katie, I'll clean 
• ^' ;«■■ ■ .' ^ '^""'^ '• yo"'!"*" ''"sy with the wash- 
ing Mercy! There's the door-bel ! (Ohl^eTat 
dock) Jus twelve o'clock. Must be a pedkr I 
can t go, and you— oh, no, of course I never expect 
,V0U to answer the bell on wash-day, Katie. Eleanore 
you go to the door, and say that I'm busy and that 



4 UNEXPECTED GUESTS. 

I don't want anything. And don't stand talking to 
the man, but shut the door at once. Then go upstairs 
and wait until I come. Do you understand ? 

I'm very sorry about the molasses, Katie, but I'll 
clean it all up. . . . Oh, well, little people don't 
always realize what trouble they are making, you 
know. Oh, yes, I shall punish her, certainly. You 
may go back to the laundry. I'll attend to this and 
get luncheon. {Business of getting pan of water, 
wringing out doth, and wiping up shelves and floor.) 
Ugh! Of all the sticky messes! 

(On knees cleaning floor. Business of talking card 
with ivet fingers.) ^Vhat? Ladies? At this hour? 
Let me see, Eleanore. Mrs. James Norton Enderby ! 
My land ! I asked her to c-^me to luncheon any day 
that she happened to be in town^-and she's come! 
What? You told her— Eleanore Gladys Pelham ! 
Did you tell that lady that I was busy and didn't 
want anything? . .. . Well, you'll go straight to bed! 
(Business of taling child firmly hy arm and leading 
her out.) Now stop your whimpering this instant! 
I've no time for anv nonsense of that sort ! And it's 
wash-day! And Katie's perfectly savage! And 
there's not a slice of bread in the house! And all 
this horrid mess in the pantrv ! Two ladies, did you 
say? . . . Oh, well, she can't intend to stay, then. 
I'll just leave this until she's gone. (Business of 
wiping hands arranging hair and dress— leaving 
Tcitclien and entering another room, hnghtly smiling.) 

Oh, how do you do, Mrs. Enderby? (Business of 
shaJcing hands.) . So delighted to see you ! . . . lour 
sister^' Not vour sister Florence, whom you have 
told me so much about? ... Oh, so charmed to 
meet you. Miss Johnson! . . . Why, certainly Mrs 
Enderby ! So nice of you to understand that i 
should want to meet her at once! ... No, I won t 
make a bit of fuss. . . . Just what we should have 
ourselves, you know. Let me take your wraps It s 
so delightful to have you drop in m this mtormal 
way! Eleanore and 1 are often quite lonely. . . . 



UNEXPECTED GUESTS. 5 

Yes, my little girl. . . . Oh, did she? {In mock 
consternation.) How dreadful of her! I told her 
once to say something like that to a miserable book- 
agent whom I saw coming, and she's never forgotten 
it. Children have such unfathomable memories ! 
Now, will you amuse yourselves for a moment, while 
I put away your wraps and tell my maid to lay some 
extra plates ? . . . Oh, no, not the least in the world ! 
That's one thing that my maids always understand 
from the first — that there shall be no complaints 
about unexpected guests. . . . Oh, yes, it requires a 
little firmness and tact in the beginning, but they 
can always be trained, and I simply will not be a 
f lave to my cook ! 

{Business of leaving drawing-room and entering 
kitchen. Artificial smile vanishes suddenly and look 
of great anxiety replaces it.) Oh, dear, what shall I 
do? Fve got to tell Katie ! If— Well, there's no 
help for it ! {Sighs deeply. Then calls very 
sweetly.) Katie! Oh, Katie! Come here a mo- 
ment, please. Some ladies have just come ands — 
Oh, I'm very sorry, Katie, but really, I can't help it ! 
— and we've got to give them something to eat. . . . 
Well, you see, it's very important because — oh, well, 
I haven't time to explain now, but there are reasons 
why I must be nice to Mrs. Enderby. Now what can 
you give us for luncheon? . . . {Pleadingly.) But, 
Katie, I can't get it now! You may leave the rest 
of the washing. . . . Well, then, I'll send it out. . . . 
Katie {firmly), you must get us some lunch ! I don't 
know what, but I've got to go back in the other room, 
and you are to get luncheon. You understand, 
Katie ! . . . Why, give us the cold chicken that was 
left from yesterday's dinner. . . . Gone! {Aston- 
ished.) Impossible! There was almost a whole one 
left when it came off the table. I noticed it particu- 
larly, and thought it would do for dinner to-night, 
with a little stretching. . . . Oh, certainly, Katie, I 
haven't the least objection to your having every- 
thing that you need to eat, but a whole chick — 



^ UNEXPECTED GUESTS. 

Oh, v/ell, never mind ! But get us something ! . . . I 
know there's no bread, but isn't it almost time for 
the baker? . . . Oh, well, we can't wait until half- 
past two, you know. That is nonsense. You must 
make some hot biscuits, only be quick ! {Returns to 
drawing-roora.) 

Why, Eleanore, are you here entertaining the la- 
dies? I'm afraid you are bothering Miss Johnson. 
Not everybody likes to have little girls leaning on 
them. . . . Oh, she's been showing you her kinder- 
garten things, has she? . . . Yes, we think she has 
rather an unusual adaptability for that sort of thing. 
We hope she's going to be an artist. {Sits.) Her 
teacher thinks she shows great talent. Eleanore, can 
you tell Miss Johnson about Mrs. Pussy? . . . Oh, I 
think you can ! . . . Come, come, now, don't be 
naughty ! Tell Miss Johnson about Mrs. Pussy, and 
then mamma'U give you some candy. Stand right 
here by mamma. Take your finger out of your 
mouth ! — so. Now begin. " Mrs. Pussy, sleek and fat 
— " . . . " kittens four." That's right ! " Went to 
sleep — " Go on, dear. ..." By the kitchen — door.'^ 
That's right ! . . . Yes, she's only five, you know ! 
Now the next verse, dearie. . . Oh, yes ! Come, now, 
go right on ! " Mrs Pussy heard—" . . . " — in 
glee." Yes ; go on. " Kittens, maybe — " . . . " — go 
and see. . . . Yes, we think she has a very remark- 
able memory. Her teacher says she remembers these 
things better than any other child in the class. Now, 
Eleanore ! " Creeping, creeping — " . . . Oh, have 
you forgotten it ? You knew it so well yesterday ! 
" But the little mouse had gone — " Why, Eleanore 
Pelham ! What's this on vour dress ? . . . Molasses ! 
Oh — er — yes, I forgot ! Will you excuse me a mo- 
ment while I go and — er — scrub this small girl? 
Come, Eleanore. ( Leads child out. Again forced 
smile dies. Speaks impatiently.) 

Now you go straight ui:> the back stairs to your 
play-room, and stay there until I come. Don't come 
down again, Eleanore. Do you understand? I'll 



UNEXPECTED GUESTS. 7 

come when I have cleaned up the molasses you spilled 
all over the pantry ! 

{Business of entering Tcitchen.) Why, Katie! 
Why aren't you getting luncheon ? . . . Well, I told 
you to make biscuits. Yes, I know there's molasses 
all over the pantry— I'm very sorry about that, Katie ! 
—but can't you make biscuits on the kitchen-table 
this once? . . . Well, but we must have something 
to eat! It's one o'clock now ! .. . Katie! {Almost 
a wail.) Leave me — noivf Oh, you can't! You — 
you mustn't! ... I know! It was very thoughtless 
of Mrs. Enderby to come on Monday — stupid thing 
she is, anyway !— and I ought not to have given her 
that sort of an invitation ! But if you'll stay and 
serve luncheon, I'll— I'll give you that new silk petti- 
coat of mine! It's just about long enough for you. 

. . . No, you needn't cook anything! We'll have 

let me see !— is there any boned chicken in the house ? 
I mean canned chicken, you know! . . . Well, if 
you'll open a can of that, I'll cream it in the chafing- 
dish, and— No, you needn't make biscuits! I'll 
serve it on toasted crackers. If you'll set the table, 
Katie, and toast the crackers, and open the chicken, 
and serve the luncheon, I'll wash the dishes — and 
gire you that silk petticoat — and — yes, and a whole 
day off! . . . To-morrow? Yes, the ironing can 
wait. . . . Well, then, I'll have some one come in and 
do it. Now, that's a good girl, Katie! {Business 
of leaving kitchen. Sighs -with relief.) A-a-ah ! 

{Enters drawing-room and assurnes smiling society 
manner.) Y^es, we went to hear her last night. Do 
you think she's as attractive in this role as she was in 
" The Prisoner of Zenda "? . . . Oh, well, perhaps I 
wasn't in a very responsive mood. . . . Oh, no, not in 
the least, Mrs. Enderby ! Indeed, I'm going to take 
you at your word, and give you a picked-up luncheon 
— just what we should have had ourselves, you know. 
But on Mondays we always have luncheon rather late 
— in fact, we have it quite late. I hope you don't 
mind ? . . . Yes, I have a very satisfactory maid — as 



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UNEXPECTED GUESTS. 



maids go. Of course, she needs a little managing, 
but I really think I have a way with servants. I 
really have. I seldom have much trouble with them, 
until they get perfectly unendurable, and then— I 
simply dismiss them, you know. Have you heard 
about poor Mrs. Drayton ? She tried to dismiss her 
cook last week, and the woman drove her out of the 
kitchen by throwing things at her— anything within 
h3r reach, you know! Poor Mrs. Drayton was so 
upset, she had to send for the doctor and a policeman. 
Now, if I had a maid who was given to throwing 
things about, I should— {Listens, startled.) Good 
gracious! what's that? Excuse me a moment! 
(Business of hurrying from drawing-room to dimng 
room. Speaks to maid with nervous and forced 

amiahility.) -r^ x- ^ 

Oh, you dropped the chafing-dish, Katie.'' . . . 
They are slippery things. I dropped one once my- 
self Anvthing broken? . . . {Business of examin- 
ing pieces.) No, I think it's all right. Have you the 
crackers ready to toast? Here's the chicken-butter 
—cream— flour— olives— yes, I think that s all. Oh, 
did you fill the lamp— the alcohol-lamp under the 
chafin-dish? . . . Never mind ;ril do It. And tea 
lam, and little cakes for dessert. A 1 ready Katie? 
. . . Yes, you shall have the petticoat this afternoon, 
iust as I promised you. , 

(Business of returning to draiving-room. Very 
smiling and easy,) Won't you come out to luncheon, 
ladies ? 



THE P. A. 1. L. W. R. 



(Conversational tone.) Is this Mrs. Brastow? . . . 
Yes, good morning, Mrs. Brastow. I thought I 
couldn't be mistaken. What a charming location you 
have here ! I was in this city when Mr. Brastow 
bought this lot. I said then that it was an ideal site 
for a home, and I see it is. And an ideal home on 
the site. . . . No, I've never had the pleasure of 
meeting you before, but I've had many a long talk 
with your husband during the past fifteen years. . . . 
Oh, yes, I know Mr. Brastow well. You may have 
heard him speak of me. Jones is my name. Charlie 
Jones. Yes, I know him well .... Thank you, I 
will come in for a moment. (Business of entering 
house.) 

What a lovely room^ to be sure ! Such a sense of 
restfulness pervades it ! How one does feel the in- 
dividuality of a room, Mrs. Brastow! And I sup- 
pose everything in your house is as perfect, in its 
way, as this room is. 

There can be only one thing necessary to complete 
it, and that one thing I shall now have the pleasure 
of introducing to you. (Business of producing article 
from pocket — or hag. Speech becomes rapid, median- 
ical and very distinct — as if memorized and often 
repeated.) It is the Patent Adjustable Indestructible 
Loop Wire Receptacle — sometimes called the P. A. I. 
L. W. R., for short — capable of being transformed, 
at a moment's notice, and without the aid of any 
other tool or instrument except the human hand, into 
any one of twenty-three separate and distinct house- 

9 



10 THE P. A. I. L. W. R. 

hold articles, each one absolutely indispensable to the 
well-regulated and adequately equipped home. For 
example, as you see it now, it is a fruit-dish. Piled 
high with oranges and bananas, it is a most artistic 
and beautiful centerpiece for any table. You will 
notice that the wires are all plated with a patented 
composition, invented especially for this article, which 
makes them look like the finest spun silver. This 
plate is permanent and will never wear off. Like 
everything else used in the composition of the Patent 
Adjustable Indestructible Loop Wire Eeceptacle, it is 
absolutely indestructible. Just picture to yourself a 
dining-table with this magnificent article as a center- 
piece 

{Sudden change to conversational tone again.) 
You never eat fruit ? Is it possible ! I had a brother 
who had a similar taste. I've known him to leave the 
table because he was unable to bear the sight of a 
plate of ripe fruit. On one occasion he broke up a 
dinner-party by so doing, because he was the four- 
teenth guest, and, of course, when he left — well, 
you've heard of that little superstition of thirteen at 
table. ... Ah? Well, neither am I. I believe I 
have no superstitions^ — unless, indeed, it's the one 
about pins. " See a pin and pick it up," you know. 
I never fail to pick up a pin, and it always brings me 
good luck. I picked up one on your step, while I 
was waiting for the door to be opened. 

By the way, talking about pins, {returns to 
mechanical tone) by compressing this wonderful 
article, thus, it becomes a pin-tray, an article, indis- 
pensable to every well-appointed dressing-table. . . . 
Ah? You use silver pin-trays. Well, of course, 
many ladies are fortunate enough to be supplied with 
them now, but one never knows when thieves may 
break in and steal, you know. And then, one is liable 
to run up against an emergency, such as unexpected 
guests from the country, who have to be accomodated 
in improvised bed-rooms — bed-lounges, and that sort 
of thing — and, of course, a conscientious hostess al- 
ways likes to be equal to the occasion. -Now, with a 
number of these marvelous articles in the house, a 



teE P. A. I. L. W. R. 11 

eomplete toilet-set, lacking only the brush and mirror, 
may be had at a moment's notice. This, as I have 
said, is the pin-tray. Now, you slip this loop, turn it 
thus, pull it out, and, presto ! you have a beautiful 
silver comb ! By snapping these loops down, thus, 
a handle is formed, and the loop at the opposite end 
may be used as a button-hook. 

At, yes, many ladies wear laced boots now, but I 
am confidentially informed that buttons are coming 
in, and in a year all women's shoes will be buttoned. 
" A stitch in time," you know. One should always 
be prepared. That's the secret of success. Always 
be prepared. Now, by slipping this spring, the whole 
string of loops becomes a chain, useful in a variety 
of ways. It's often found valuable as a supporter 
for pillow-shams; or, united at the ends, thus, it is 
worn about a lady's neck as a watch-chain — or a 
lorgnette may be attached to the end. You've noticed 
how very fashionable these long chains have become 
since the introduction of the Patent Adjustable 
Indestructible Loop Wire Receptacle. Or, by again 
forming the basket foundation, thus, and attaching 
the braces, so, one has an egg-basket, always a neces- 
sary article in every house 

(Conversational tone.) Never eat eggs ? Indeed! 
Now, that's very interesting! You know, I'm mak- 
ing up a set of statistics about the people who don't 
eat things, and the things people don't eat. Take 
your own case, for example. I've discovered in this 
short time that you eat neither fruit nor eggs. One 
season I solicited orders for a set of patent cake-tins, 
and you'd be surprised at the number of ladies who 
assured me that they never ate cake. It's most inter- 
esting. 

Yes, to be sure; I know it's Saturday morning, 
and that's always a busy morning for a housekeeper. 
I'll not detain you a moment. As I was about to 
say, (mechanically) by compressing this part and 
sliding the handle down, you have a most complete 
and artistic pudding-dish, of unique and pleasing 
shape. Oh, pardon me, perhaps you never eat pud- 
dings, either ? Ah, mostjnteresting ! Or, by flatten- 



12 THE P. A. I. L. W. R. 

ing it, thus, and pulling this end out, you have a 
complete toaster and broiler, suitable for use with 
any kind of heat, coal, gas, oil, or electricity. Again, 
by scooping out the bottom, thus, pushing these wires 
back, and shaping it a little with the fingers, you 
have a handsome picture-frame, of the shape known 
as the shadow-box, v.ithout the heavy, sombre appear- 
ance of the usual shadow-boxes made in black. 

Now, I see by the toys on the front stoop that 
you have little ones — ah, yes, what is home without 
the little darlings ! — and what could be a more suit- 
able frame for the baby's picture than that? Just 
fancy the little dear — his father's joy^ — a little girl? 
(Conversational.) Indeed! I might have known it! 
I think I saw her outside. She has her mother's 
smile. As I was about to say, just picture the little 
dear, his fa — oh, to be sure ! — her father's joy, look- 
ing out of that shining frame ! Have you the baby's 
picture at hand, Mrs. Brastow? Ah, I'm sorry, I 
should have liked to see it in this frame. It would 
have been a pleasant memory to carry away with me. 

Yes; just a moment, please. (Mechanical.) 
Then, by completing the basket form again, and by 
stretching these loops to the uttermost, you have a 
waste-basket, light, durable, clean, and exceedingly 
handsome. Or by slightly pressing it together and 
decreasing its size, one has a jardiniere, suitable for 
— just a moment, please — a jardiniere, suitable for 
potted plants. 

By studying the various combinations possible to 
the Patent Adjustable Indestructible Loop Wire 
Eeceptacle — and we give with each one (without 
extra charge) a copy of this valuable little booklet 
containing full instructionsi — one may have, as 1 
have said, a fruit-dish, a pin-tray, a beautiful hair- 
comb, a watch-chain, a sham-supporter, a pudding- 
dish, an egg-basket, a toaster and broiler, a picture- 
frame, a waste-basket, or a jardiniere. Not only 
this — I'll not detain you five minutes more, madam ! 
— but a candlesticki^you know how fashionable 



THE P. A. I. L. W. R. 1$ 

candles have become since this wonderful little in- 
vention has been on the market? — a small easel, a 
receptacle for a glass holding hot liquid, as whis — 
ahem ! — lemonade; a stove-hook, a flatiron stand, a 
tea-tray — perhaps you don't drink tea? Beg par- 
don ; no offence meant, I assure you ! I was merely 
thinking of my book — the statistics, you know. 

Yes, yes, I quite appreciate your position, Mrs. 
Brastow. I'm a busy man myself, and, of course, 
the quicker I can make a sale, the better I'm pleased. 
Now, sometimes I make a sale right away, and 
sometimes it takes me all the morning. It's against 
my principles to ask anybody to buy. There's no 
greater mistake in this business than urging people 
to buy. The point is to convince the lady that she 
wants the article — just stay right with her until 
she's convinced — and then your work's done. The 
really successful salesman never has to ask anybody 
to buy. I'm very successful that way myself. 

But some ladies are slow to accept the fact, you 
know, that there's anything new in the world that's 
better than the old thing they happen to have. 
Now, I found a little woman in Davisville last week, 
who was very hard to convince; but I never give up, 
you know, never giNe. up ! That's the secret of suc- 
cess. Never say die ! And I stayed with that wo- 
man from ten o'clock in the morning until three 
in the afternoon. But I made the sale ! Now she 
couldn't keep house without the Patent Adjustable 
Indestructible Loop Wire Eeceptacle. However, I 
was about to call your attention to 

Well, they're being sold now at the remarkably 
low price of sixty-five cents, just to introduce them, 
you know. Many ladies are buying them by the 
dozen and half-dozen, realizing that this opportu- 
nity will not offer again. When I come around next 
year, the price will have advanced fifty per cent., 
and I expect to make twice as many sales, for then 
every lady will know me and the Patent Adjustable 
Indestructible Loop Wire Eeceptacle, and will real- 



a THE p. A. I. L. W. R 

ize that she'll save her time and mine by buying it 
at once. Not that it isn't a pleasure to show it. I'm 
as proud of it as if it were my own invention. But 
as I was about to say 

One? Oh, I think you'll need more than that! 
With a house of this size, you could hardly get 
along without more than that. I consider six a 
very small order for a place as large as this. No, 
really, Mrs. Brastow, my conscience would ache if I 
let you do yourself that wrong. Yes, I know, but 
you'll thank me when I'm gone. No, I couldn't feel 
right about it. Well, of course, you inight get 
along with three, but for your own sake, I hate to 
leave less than half a dozen with you. Three ? Very 
well. Yes, one ninety-five, please. That's right, 
thank you. I was about to call your attention to 
the fact that, in addition to the things I have men- 
tioned — ' — 

(In a tone of injured innocence.) My dear 
madam, I'm telling you this solely for your own con- 
venience ! My sale's made. Very well ; but you'll 
find in the little booklet the directions for making 
the bread-tray, handkerchief-case, cigar-holder, ink- 
stand, footstool, and hand-satchel, in addition to the 
other things I mentioned. (Genially.) Good morn- 
ing, Mrs. Brastow. I'm very glad to have met you. 
I'll call again next year. 



IN A STREET-CAR 



A MONOLOGUE. 

(She runs on and pauses, panting, on the car-step.) 
Oh, conductor, wait a minute, won't you ? There's 
another lady coming. Well, she's running just as 
hard as she can. She ain't so light as I am. (Calls 
to her friend.) Hurry up! He won't wait! (To 
the conductor.) Land knows we wait long enough 
for you, sometimes ! You needn't be so mighty up- 
pish about waiting a second for us once in a while ! 
. . . What? . . . Time-table? Huh! Your time- 
table's a moveable feast, I guess ! I notice the only 
time you're on time's when there's nobody waiting 
for you ! 

(To her friefid.) Oh, here you are! Yes, isn't 
it an awful pull up that hill? (Lurches toward a 
seat.) Oh, my! (To a passenger.) Excuse me! 
I didn't mean to ! That is — I couldn't help it, you 
know! (Sits. To her friend in a low, emharrassed, 
amused tone.) Did you see what I did? I sat right 
square down on that man ! I think I smashed some- 
thing he's got in that parcel ! Something crushed, 
anyhow. What do you s'pose it is ? . . . Looks some 
as if it might be a hat, don't it? . . . My, don't he 
look cross! (Louder for benefit of passengers.) 
Well, I couldn't help it ! These men ought to learn 
to start a car without jerking a lady off her feet ! 

Oh, see here, I'm going to pay this fare ! . . . Yes, 
I am, too ! You always try to get in ahead. . . . 
No, I've got it right here ! Where is my purse ? 
Why — I believe I've lost it ! Yes, si^, I must have 
lost it running up that hill ! Stop the car ! Oh, 
look here, conductor! (She springs up and pulls a 
strap, shakes her skirts vigorously, and pulls the same 

15 



16 IN A STREET-CAR. 

strap several times in rapid succession. To the con- 
ductor.) What? . . . Well, I wanted the ear to stop 
and you wouldn't look ! I lost my purse because 
you made me run up that hill to catch your old car, 
and I want to get off! Stop the car, I tell you! 
Wliat? . . . Eang the wrong? . . . The cash regis- 
ter? .. . Well, I don't care if I did ! I want to get 
off ! ... It serves you right if I did ring up a lot of 
fares ! Perhaps the next time a lady wants to get off 
your car, you'll look at her, and stop the car yourself ! 
Why don't you stop it? I tell you I've lost — (To 
a passenger.) What? Wliy, yes, that's it ! Where'd 
you find it? On the floor? Well, I declare! (Some- 
tvhat abashed.) That's all right, conductor. (Sits. 
To her friend.) Well, how do you suppose I ever — 
(To the conductor.) What? . . . Pay for the fare 
I rung up? Well, I guess not! I'll pay two fares 
and that's all I will pay ! I'm not going to pay for 
rides I never got ! . . . Well, if you'd been looking 
where you'd ought to 'a been I wouldn't have touched 
your old strap ! It'll teach you to pay some attention 
to your passengers. There's a man in front wants a 
transfer, I guess. You'd better go and see him, or 
you'll gQi into some more trouble. (To her friend, 
in a loud, cheerful tone.) Some of these men are so 
unaccommodating! You'd think this one was a 
machine, for any interest he ever takes in anything. 
The other day I didn't know just where I wanted to 
get off, and if you'll believe it, he got real uppish 
because I stopped the car so I could look up the 
street to see if that was the place ! He wanted to 
know why I didn't look in the directory and find out 
where I wanted to go. As if anybody could carry a 
directory around with them all the time ! Besides, 
what's a conductor for, I'd like to know, if he isn't 
for the accommodation of passengers? (To the con- 
ductor, paying fare.) Here, conductor, two. Trans- 
fers? N-no, I guess not? (To her friend.) We 
don't want to transfer, do we ? ... Or do you want 
to go to see about that bonnet to-day ? . . . She said 



IN A STREET-CAR. 17 

it would be ready this afternoon. Oh, conductor, 
wait a minute ! Well, perhaps we'd better go. What 
do you think? . . . All right. {To conductor.) 
Transfers to — why, he's gone ! See ? He hasn't the 
least interest in accommodating passengers. I think 
he ought to be reported. Oh, I kind o' hate to do it. 
He might find out and then it would be unpleasant, 
and us traveling on this line so much. 

Who's that woman in the end of the car, do you 
know? . . . She looks a little like the pictures of 
Marian Doubleday, the actress, don't she? . . . Not 
60 pretty, though. But they do say Marian Double- 
day wasn't such a tearing beauty until she went on 
the stage and learned to make up. Oh, conductor, 
transfers to Powell Street. I know you asked us if 
we wanted transfers, but yoa didn't wait to find 
out whether we did or not. If you treat me to much 
more of your inattention and impertinence I shall 
see that you are reported 

Oh, yes, Marian's made a great success now, but 
she had a pretty hard time getting to the top, I 
guess. Of course, she had all sorts of things to con- 
tend against. I sometimes wonder, when I hear of 
her driving with Mrs. This and lunching with Mrs. 
That, what her swell friends would say if they knew 
that her grandmother kept a boarding-house in 
Sacramento, and that Marian earned her first money 
as a clerk in a store. I wonder why that girl's face is 
getting so red ? Maybe she saw us looking at her. 

They say young Belshaw is perfectly infatuated 
with her. My nephew works in a florist's shop near 
the theater, and he says they send her a big pile of 
flowers from Belshaw every day. . . . Yes, my sister 
Maud's boy, Johnnie. . . . Yes, he's pretty wild. Just 
like his father, you know. His people are all that 
way. Poor Maud never has a minute's comfort with 
him, for if he's behaving, she's always sure that it's 
just the calm before the storm — sort of a weather- 
breeder, you know — and she just worries and frets 
all the time.. She never loses a chance to tell Johnnie 



18 IN A STREET-CAR. 

how he ought to behave. She's never had a card in 
the house, nor any wines, nor liquors, nor anything 
like that. She wouldn't even let him learn to dance. 
And yet, that boy drinks and smokes and gambles 
and heaven knows what else ! Now, there's my 
Willie ! There couldn't be a nicer boy than Willie ! 
He hasn't a single bad habit* — and he's such a com- 
fort with his clothes ! His room's as tidy as a girl's. 
Poor Maud's always asking Johnnie why he doesn't 
pattern more after his cousin Willie, and — well, I 
won't tell you what he says. It's awful ! And his 
mother such a religious woman, too ! 

But in that florist's shop, he sees a lot of gay so- 
ciety fellows like this young Belshaw, and he thinks 
it's smart to try to be like them. . . . Yes, he's Dr. 
Belshaw's son — at least, he's adopted. . . . Wliy, yes, 
didn't you know that? . . . No, I never heard any- 
thing in particular about Fred Belshaw, but he's run- 
ning around after this Marian Doubleday, and when 
a man gets to going with actresses, it's safe to sup- 
pose he ain't any too strict. My Willie wouldn't 
think of doing such a thing. But Johnnie does. . . . 
Oh, my, yes ! . . . Well, there's that Dolly Dixon 
you know ; she's in Marian Doubleday's company. . . . 
Oh, I don't know where he met her. In the shop, I 
suppose ; and Willie says he saw a great big bunch of 
violets that Johnnie sent her, and him just a clerk ! 
Willie says she's kind o' pretty, though. He saw 
her going past the shop one day when he was there 
visiting Johnnie. Willie goes to see Johnnie real 
often and tries to influence him, you know. Willie's 
such a conscientious boy ! 

Oh, see this woman just getting in ! . . . Yes, she 
got that silk at Allitson's. They had ten pieces of it 
last year, and it was a dollar-forty a yard, but they 
didn't get rid of it all, and this year they sold oif 
what they had left for ninety-eight cents. . . . Yes, 
it's good value. I think it'll fade, though. . . . 
M-h'm, that trimming looks real nice, don't it? She 
must have bought it at M*eyerfeld's sale. Sixteen 



IN A STREETCAR. 19 

cents a yard; but it looks nice, don't it? I don't 
believe it'll wear, though. Meyerfeld's having a sale 
of laces this week. . . . Oh, hadn't you heard about 
it? Oh, my dear, real bargains! I saw some in- 
serting for four cents a yard that's just what you 
want for the baby's things. Let's go right down 
there and get it; and then we can walk back and 
use our transfers, just the same. And there was 
some wide lace — oh, as wide as that ! — for twenty- 
four cents. . , . Oh, I don't know what you'd use it 
for, but it would come in handy some day. Yes, I 
bought some, just on a venture. It seems wasteful 
to let a chance like that go by, you know. 

Oh, here goes the girl ! If she was only a little 
better-looking, she'd be the "image of Marian 
Doubleday. It must be annoying to look so much 
like an actress. Makes a girl so conspicuous! . . . 
Mercy ! Did you see the look she gave me ? 

Oh, there's Mrs. Beaver ! She's speaking to that 
girl. Now, we'll find out who she is. . . . {Business 
of touching a woman to attract her attention, and 
shaking hands.) Oh, how do you do, Mrs. Beaver? 
Such a long time since I've seen you! And is this 
little Horace? How do you do, dear? How he 
grows ! Just the living image of his father, too, isn't 
he? . . . Your other boys are getting to be young 
men, aren't they? Your Tommie's just three months 
younger than my Willie. I hope he's as much com- 
fort to you as Willie is to me. . . . Smokes, doesn't 
he? . . . Oh, don't you mind it? . . . Yes, I know 
his father always did, and I s'pose you do get used to 
those things if you have to live with 'em, but my 
Willie has never wanted to do anything like that. I 
never have any more trouble with him than's if he 
was a girl. 

Oh, Mrs. Beaver, who was the girl you spoke to 
as you got into the car? . . . Marian Doubleday! 
That girl in the blue dress Marian Double' — well, 
I said it looked like her, didn't I ? But her pictures 
flatter her. . . . Yes, she's getting to be quite fa- 



20 IN A STREET-CAR. 

mous, isn't she? But it must be embarrassing to 
go along the street and know that everybody knows 
who you are! But then, not everybody knows 
about her. . . . Oh, I used to know them in Sacra- 
mento, you know. At least, my cousin lived next 
door to her grandmother's boarding-house, and— why, 
yes! Didn't you know that? . . . And Marian 
clerked in a store. Sold buttons and thread and that 
sort of thing, you know. And her grandfather, old 
Dick Doubleday, was an awful old wretch. He used 
to— What? . . . {Business of looUng over her 
slioulder.) Where? ... Is that Dolly Dixon? . . . 
My ! Look at that hat ! And that coat ! Wlio's that 
fellow talking to her? . . . Why— it's my Willie! 
{Rises hastily and' waves hands.) Conductor, stop 
the car ! I want to get right off ! This is some of 
Johnnie's work ! Willie never met that girl of his 
own accord! Conductor, why don't you stop this 
car^ ... But I don't want to go to the end of the 
block ! I want to get off here ! ... Oh, dear ! Well, 
good-bye! {Business of lurching part way toward 
car door. Pauses.) Oh, where'll I meet you? . . . 
At Meyerf eld's? ... At the lace counter? • • • Oh, 
I won't be long. Yes, conductor, just a second! 
Well, at the notion counter, then? ... Oh, when 
you're at the lace counter, get me two yards more of 
that twenty— (^0 conductor) yes, of course I'm going 
to get off !— twenty-four-cent lace. Oh, it's about so 
wide, and cream color. You can't mass it. . . . Yes, 
iust as soon as I've sent that girl about her business ! 
{To conductor.) Oh, wait! I'm going to get off! 
Well, I told you I was ! I never saw anybody so im- 
patient ! I'll report you before night ! {Loudly, to 
her friend.) Good-bye! 



A PATRON OF ART. 



IZvl ^ Yes we've just come. This is my mece, 
Ms Chester We've been to the Gorham reception 
Si^ h a t elome crush! But of course everybody 

IZ there, and one had to *°- -^vtHn. worth 
TTnw are the gowns this year? Anything woiui 
How are t"^ So j ^j ^^^^ ^^ excellent 

XcT o's'ee new'^gowns as a rule, but last year I 
SughrtW were ^^^^^J^^^^^Z^l 
that was -«"y^q"^*;JX^'way, 'how are the 
Sure"' . Xich'U'is att .feting the most 

c^ommf P - Bosqui? '^^f rf Llist'ltk 

never heard of him. . • • Oh i^^^^^', , PH 

at it. Which wall is it on? . . • ihanR you, 
dance at it. Good night. There's 

^ (To her companion, using lorgnette.) Ttoe^ 

as one's income permits. Last year sne pet 
housand dollars W one ?-*--'. »^X"who si 's 
private view in a shocking gown. I ~r ^^^^^.^-ye 
talking to? Frowsy-lookmg man. Some irapossiDie 

+i-.ia Inrp-e shassv niaii at tne leii. ^^^^ ^ 6^. 
;;arr He' talking about Bosqui, too. Did you 

Tar that? (B_u.iless «/ , f *--^^ -^^ S 
repeating what is overheard.) The success 



22 A PATRON OF ART. 

year '^ . . . " keen sense of color values " . . . ^^ re- 
markable distance'' . . . "feeling for line'' 
"atmosphere" . . . what was that about atmos- 
phere? I didn't quite catch it. Evidently, Muriel, 
this Bosqui is promising. We must have him in to 
tea some day. Perhaps I'll have him do a little thing 
for me. 

Oh, how do you do, Mrs. Dwindle? Mr. Dwinelle, 
you've met my niece? Yes, we've just come from 
the Gorham reception. Such a tiresome crush ! We 
got^away as quickly as we could; but you know, when 
ones friends entertain, one must really show one's 
self, at least. ... Oh, everylody was there. Have 
you seen Bosqui's picture? . . . Such feeling for 
line and distance ! My dear, I predict that he'll have 
a Career ! Wonderful atmosphere ! Really wonder- 
ful ! . . . Ah ? I've been here so short a time, I'm by 
no means sure I've discovered all his work; but one 
glance is sufficient! Er— how many pictures has 
he? . . . Only one? . . . Ah, really! Such a pity 
there aren t more ! It's quite the only thing on the 
walls worth talking about, I assure you. I'm think- 
ing of having him do a little thing for me. . . Yes^ 
Good night, then. 

Muriel, did you hear Kauffman say anything about 
Bosqui s chiaroscuro f . . . Are you positive? . 
Well, he must have chiaroscuro, if he has all those 
other things, don't you think? 

Oh, how do you do, Mr. Atherton? Muriel my 
dear, here's Mr. Atherton. . . . Yes, we've just come 
from the Gorham reception. Such a tiresome crush ! 
But of course, one must go! Everybody does f 
You're going there from here? . . . Yes, of course, 
one does see the pictures better before the crowd 
comes. Tell me, have you seen Bosqui's thing? . 
Oh,^ my dear Mr. Atherton, you musn't go until 
you've seen it ! I have seldom been so struck by a 
line— I mean, by— by— the distance ! Such remark- 
able feeling for color, you know ! And chiaroscuro ' 
Such chiaroscuro! Really, he'll have a Career' 



A PATRON OF ART. 23 

You mark my word, he'll be the success of the season. 
{coldly lowing.) How do you do, Mrs. Belknap? 
Mr. Atherton, who is that frowsy-looking person with 
Mrs. Belknap? Is he — er — anybody, you know? . . . 
She has been talking to him ever since we arrived, 
and — one never knows about Mrs. Belknap's friends. 
Sometimes, they're quite — er — well, the sort of per- 
son one would like to assist, you know, by asking 
them to tea, or something. And then sometimes — 
really, she knows such extraordinary persons, some- 
times ! . . . {Indifferently.) Ah, then I dare say he's 
nobody. . . . Yes, it is getting late. Good night. 
We shall see you Friday? Good night. 

Muriel, there's not a gown here that I'd be seen in 

except that gr^y frock of Mrs. Forsyth's 

Where ? Oh, yes, very nice, I dare say. I don't care 
much for marine things, you know. Oh, here comes 
Mrs. Chapin. — Art patron, and all that sort of thing. 

How do you do, Mrs. Chapin? Isn't everything 
charming ! Such a relief to see some pictures again ! 
One gets so tired of merely social affairs ! We've 
just come from the Gorham reception. Such a fright- 
ful crush ! But of course, we know them so well, 
and — everybody was there. Eeally, everybody, you 
know! . . . Yes, the pictures are very good — really 
very good this year. But of course, there's nothing 
to compare with Bosqui's thing. Isn't it wonder- 
ful? Such remarkable feeling for line, you know 
— and the distance! My dear, did you ever see 
such distance ! He has such a rare sense of color 
values, too ! Oh, I predict a brilliant future for him ! 
I'm going to have him do a little thing for mo — just 
a little thing, you know. You know him, of course? 
... Do bring him in to tea with us some day while 
my niece is here. . . . Fridays, you know. . . Yes ; 
good-bye. 

Dear me, what an ordinary looking lot of gowns! 
. . . Eh? . . . Oh, yes, I dare say. I don't care for 
fisrures, you know. . . . What's the title? . . . "The 
Tempest?" ''The Tempest!" How excessively 



24 A PATRON OF ART. 

stupid ! They've made a mistake in the catalogues ! 
Eeally, such carelessness is inconceivable ! I shall 
have this reported to the Secretary. " The Tempest," 
indeed ! Just a stupid-looking girl, and an old man, 
and a — er — a — er — what is that creature? . . . Eh? 
. . . {Haughtily and very coldly.) Thank you, 
madam; I quite understood that is was after Shake- 
speare. ... (To Muriel.) How excessively imper- 
tinent ! That young woman- — who has never been 
presented to me, I'm quite sure — presumed to inform 
me that this picture is — er — of course, any one could 
see at a glance ! . . . Well, my dear, the title is mis- 
leading. It is very stupidly named. The picture 
should have been called " Caliban." To entitle it 
" The Tempest " is- — er — is plagiarism ! I'm sur- 
prised that the Committee permitted it to be hung. 
It's by that man Sorbier. They tell shocking things 
about him. His own father, who was a very respect- 
able sort of person, I believe, cut him off without a 
sou, my dear, without a sou ! But Mrs. Belknap re- 
ceives him. She says he has temperament. I dare say 
he has. I've noticed that the friends of men who have 
temperament are always apologising for it. There's 
Mrs. Belknap now, still with that frowsy man. He 
looks as if he might have temperament, too. . . . 
Eh? . . . Oh, yes, yes, child, I suppose so, if you 
care for that sort of thing. Landscape doesn't interest 
me, you know. I wonder where the Bosqui thing is ? 
Do you see it anywhere? . . . How very thick the 
crowd's getting ! Do let's go and find some punch ! 
. . . What? . . . Where? Oh, that? . . . M-m-m, 
no, I can't say that I care for it. Still life never 
^appeals to me, you know. 

Oh; Miss Wendell, isn't this a crush? It's not 
quite as stifling as the Gorham reception, though. 
We've just come from there. Such a frightful 
crush ! Eeally, I wonder why we do it ; but every- 
body was there, you know — and one really must be 
pivil when one's friends 

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A PATRON OF ART. 25 

a mere smudge! Do try to cultivate some feeling 
for Art, Muriel! . . . No, no, it's perfectly impos- 
sible ! What was the man thinking of ? . . . Ah, 
well, never mind. It's nothing of consequence. 
Real Art idealises, my dear. This is hopelessly real- 
istic. That sky is simply the color that any ordinary 
person might see. Indeed, the color is quite ordinary 
throughout. You see? A complete lack of artistic 
feeling and perception. Do let us find the Bosqi 

Oh, Dr. Houghton ! You came away early from 
the Gorhams', too. Have you see the Bosqui? Eh? 
What is it, Muriel? . . . That the Bosqui! That? 
Oh — er — yes, (enthusiastically,) my niece and I 
were quite lost in admiration of it as you came up. 
Such a wonderful sense of color values ! And — er — 
er- — such a relief to see a bit of real Art, after the 
flood of impressionistic stuff ! I'm going to have him 
do a little thing for me. . . . Eh ? . . . Bosqui him- 
self ? Really ? Do let me see him ! Where — where 
is my lorgnette ! . . . That ? You mean the — the 
distinguished-looking man with Mrs. Belknap? . . . 
Is that Bosqui ? . • . Ah, one can see at a glance that 
he has temperament ! Do, please, present him ! Mrs, 
Belknap has monopolised him quite long enough. 

Muriel, that — that very interesting looking man 
who has been with Mrs. Belknap all the evening is 
Bosqui, and Dr. Houghton is going to — > — 

Ah, Mr. Bosqui, so charmed to meet you! My 
niece and I have been quite lost here before your 
picture ! Such a wonderful sense of color values ! 
I'm sure you must hear color, as I do! Doesn't 
beautiful color always seem to you like a chord 
of exquisite music ? . . . And the distance ! Really, 
I never saw such distance on canvas, never! And 
the tempera — er — I mean, the atmosphere! One 
can fairly breathe it! Now, that little touch there 
at the left — Ah, no, unfortunately, I have never 
studied painting — that is, really studied it, you 
know; but I think if one has sincere feeling for 
ART — er (vaguely) don't you? . . . Ah, yes, of 



26 A PATRON OF ART. 

course, my niece ; this is my niece, Miss Chester. Dr. 
Houghton, will you bring Mr. Bosqui in to tea on 
Friday ? There are so many things I want to ask him 
about his work, you know. Mr. Bosqui. Er — 'Mr. 
Bosqui! Dr. Houghton has promised to bring you 
to us for tea on Friday. . . . Oh, certainly, my niece 
will be there. . . . Ah, that will be delightful! I 
want to talk to you about doing a little thing for me. 
You know, I predict a great future for you. Come, 
Muriel. So charmed to have met you, Mr. Bosqui ! 
On Friday, then. Good night. 



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